Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_capsicum_annuum
Bird Pepper
Capsicum annuum
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About Bird Pepper
A branching pepper plant that can develop a woody shrub base in tropical climates. Smooth-edged ovate to elliptic leaves accompany small white, five-lobed flowers, often solitary at a leaf axil. Fruit size and shape vary widely; the plate depicts small tapering berries that mature from green to red, with pale flattened seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Capsicum annuum
- Common names
- bird pepper · chili pepper
- Other names
- Capsicum annuum · bird pepper · chili pepper
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. One small-fruited form is depicted. Fruit shape is variable across the species; no cultivar identity is asserted. C. annuum filaments are pale, not purple.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Perennial herb or shrub with a woody base
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A branching pepper plant that can develop a woody shrub base in tropical climates. Smooth-edged ovate to elliptic leaves accompany small white, five-lobed flowers, often solitary at a leaf axil. Fruit size and shape vary widely; the plate depicts small tapering berries that mature from green to red, with pale flattened seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.